Mexico's Top 2% Scientists 2024: Career-Long List

Mexico has 384 scientists on the 2024 career-long Top 2% list, up 9.1% from 352 in 2023. That places Mexico 39th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México has the most listed scientists (69), followed by Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (26).

Single Year

379

+24 (+6.8%) vs 2023

Career Data

384

+32 (+9.1%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#39

No change vs 2023

Institutes

106

-11 (-9.4%) vs 2023

Scientists in Mexico on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 32% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+17.5%

2022-3.5%

2023+6.7%

2024+9.1%

2025+9.4%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	303		291
2021	364	+20.1%	342	+17.5%
2022	365	+0.3%	330	-3.5%
2023	355	-2.7%	352	+6.7%
2024	379	+6.8%	384	+9.1%
2025	415	+9.5%	420	+9.4%

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Rank in Mexico	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	771	BJ Brown, James H.	The University of New Mexico	Ecology	Rank 18
2	1,283	CC Coello Coello, Carlos A.	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 37
3	7,116	EP Enright, Paul	Institute for Development and Innovation in Respiratory Physiology	Respiratory System	Rank 63
4	8,667	HM Heil, Martin	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 74
5	9,888	SM Selman, M.	Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias	Respiratory System	Rank 97
6	10,708	OR Ortega, Romeo	Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 78
7	14,683	SH Sira-Ramírez, Hebertt	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 100
8	15,086	RI Romieu, Isabelle	Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 661
9	16,473	HD Hoyt, David	American College of Surgeons	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 50
10	16,527	CJ Crossa, José	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 175
11	17,558	ER Effros, Rita Brickman	David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA	Immunology	Rank 625
12	17,871	GA Galano, Annia	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa	Chemical Physics	Rank 413
13	21,004	MJ Morrone, Juan J.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Ecology	Rank 370
14	21,563	AD Alarcón-Segovia, Donato	Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 172
15	21,574	MT Markow, Therese	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 220
16	21,850	RM Reynolds, Matthew	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 242
17	22,805	SR Singh, Ravi	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 263
18	24,761	DS Dong, Shi Hai	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	General Physics	Rank 143
19	24,821	HB Husted, Byan	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Business & Management	Rank 253
20	25,396	GJ Gómez-Aguilar, J. F.	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 361
21	25,594	AJ Albores-Saavedra, Jorge	Fundación Médica Sur	Pathology	Rank 81
22	25,651	Cárdenas-Barrón, Leopoldo Eduardo	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Operations Research	Rank 81
23	25,747	Castillo, Oscar	Tijuana Institute of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 530
24	25,766	FL Fridman, Leonid	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 192
25	29,133	GG Gamba, Gerardo	Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 301
26	33,168	CG Ceballos, Gerardo	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Ecology	Rank 591
27	33,290	ME Martínez-Romero, Esperanza	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos	Microbiology	Rank 847
28	33,299	RB Rodriguez-Iturbe, Bernardo	Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 344
29	34,754	TG Torre-Amione, Guillermo	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,390
30	37,606	AJ Ancheyta, Jorge	Instituto Mexicano Del Petroleo	Energy	Rank 449
31	37,793	AJ Alvarez-Ramirez, J.	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa	Food Science	Rank 150
32	38,431	VS Verma, Surendra P.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 647
33	38,817	RJ Rivera, Juan	Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 295
34	40,790	AF Aureli, F.	Universidad Veracruzana	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 133
35	41,667	DE Degli Esposti, Mauro	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,719
36	42,696	LR Lozano, Rogelio	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 326
37	43,946	MP Muriel, Pablo	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Toxicology	Rank 180
38	45,217	BG Borges, Guilherme	Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente	Psychiatry	Rank 950
39	46,274	Moreno, Jaime A.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 356
40	47,025	BA Biswas, Asit K.	University of Glasgow	Environmental Engineering	Rank 180
41	47,665	YW Yu, Wen	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 366
42	47,741	PR Pérez-Padilla, Rogelio	Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias	Respiratory System	Rank 475
43	49,032	RC Rosales, Carlos	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Immunology	Rank 1,446
44	49,675	SJ Sotelo, Julio	Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,462
45	49,810	BJ Buckley, J. S.	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	Energy	Rank 627
46	50,861	JE Juaristi, Eusebio	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Organic Chemistry	Rank 955
47	52,257	BA Bravo, Alejandra	Instituto de Biotecnología de la UNAM	Entomology	Rank 103
48	53,311	YE Yahia, Elhadi M.	Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro	Food Science	Rank 246
49	54,244	IF Izrailev, F. M.	Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 464
50	55,792	PF Páez-Osuna, Federico	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Environmental Sciences	Rank 348
51	56,896	MA Meneses, A.	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,906
52	57,128	DJ de Jesús Rubio, José	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,154
53	58,301	BR Burgos-Vargas, Rubén	Hospital General de Mexico	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 402
54	58,492	WK Westlund, Karin N.	UNM Health Sciences Center	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,005
55	58,565	Melin, Patricia	Tijuana Institute of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,184
56	59,263	EA Estrada, Alejandro	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 205
57	59,625	AM Aluja, Martín	Instituto de Ecología, A.C.	Entomology	Rank 127
58	59,805	OY Orlov, Yury	Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 455
59	60,019	VR Vazquez-Duhalt, Rafael	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Biotechnology	Rank 167
60	60,556	BR Buijs, Ruud M.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,114
61	61,124	HM Hernández-Avila, Mauricio	Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social	Public Health	Rank 565
62	61,147	MM Madou, Marc	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 399
63	61,621	KR Kelly, Rafael	Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 473
64	61,860	KJ Keppie, John Duncan	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,064
65	63,006	MR Moreno-Sanchez, Rafael	Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,488
66	64,250	OJ Oró, J.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 571
67	64,735	SS Sánchez, Sebastián F.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 832
68	64,859	AC Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A.	Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,409
69	65,322	VE Vázquez-Semadeni, Enrique	Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 841
70	65,718	ÁE Álvarez-Buylla, Elena R.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 865
71	65,749	GJ Gil-Garcia, J. Ramon	State University of New York Albany	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 175
72	66,411	MM Medina-Mora, Maria Elena	Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente	Psychiatry	Rank 1,266
73	67,090	EO Erenstein, Olaf	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 327
74	68,259	MM Moshinsky, Marcos	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,076
75	68,972	NC Noguez, Cecilia	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Applied Physics	Rank 1,756
76	69,156	MJ Mas, Jean Francois	UNAM Campus Morelia	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 299
77	69,728	RG Ruiz-Palacios, Guillermo M.	Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 889
78	70,446	SS Serna-Saldívar, Sergio O.	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Food Science	Rank 346
79	70,581	RH Richardson, Harry W.	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 92
80	70,641	BM Basin, Michael V.	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 539
81	71,509	MS Magallón, Susana	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 617
82	72,083	WT Williams, Trevor	Instituto de Ecología, A.C.	Entomology	Rank 163
83	72,822	SS Snapp, Sieglinde	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 362
84	72,876	MF Masset, Frédéric	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 942
85	74,781	BP Balvanera, Patricia	Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad	Ecology	Rank 1,254
86	75,177	SP Sebastian, P. J.	Instituto de Energías Renovables de la UNAM	Energy	Rank 981
87	76,240	PG Pérez Gutiérrez, Rosa Martha	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 234
88	76,362	PD Page, Dany	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,003
89	77,839	PL Possani, Lourival D.	Instituto de Biotecnología de la UNAM	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,057
90	78,777	MD Morales-Morales, David	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 454
91	80,065	RR Romo, Ranulfo	El Colegio Nacional	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,243
92	81,710	FL Ferrari, Luca	UNAM campus Juriquilla	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,415
93	82,348	BF Bermúdez-Rattoni, Federico	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,381
94	84,801	FJ Fripiat, José	Instituto Mexicano Del Petroleo	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,618
95	86,371	BF Bolívar, Francisco	Instituto de Biotecnología de la UNAM	Biotechnology	Rank 233
96	86,649	CE Cuevas, Erik	Universidad de Guadalajara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,710
97	86,957	PA Poznyak, Alexander	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 643
98	87,301	BS Barquera, Simón	Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica	Public Health	Rank 803
99	87,617	CJ Cavanagh, James F.	The University of New Mexico	Experimental Psychology	Rank 1,037
100	87,641	CA Córdoba-Aguilar, Alex	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Entomology	Rank 229
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Mexico are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

379 scientists affiliated with Mexico are on the 2024 single-year list, and 384 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Mexico has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2024 career-long list, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México has the most listed scientists from Mexico, with 69. It is followed by Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional with 26.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Mexico changed since 2020?

On the career-long list, Mexico went from 291 scientists in 2020 to 384 in 2024, a change of +32.0%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.